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  • 04/07/21 Student Senate

    04/07/21 Student Senate

    Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, April 7 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with student comments and announcements where Class of 2025 President Isaac Kraenbring announced that the changes in regards to the end of year exam policy were passed. The issue they now face is how this policy

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  • Etown introduces new medical humanities minor

    Etown introduces new medical humanities minor

    On Monday, April 5, Elizabethtown College was approved to offer a new minor aimed towards helping students wishing to work in the medical field. The College will begin to offer a minor in medical humanities for students who wish to go to medical school post-Etown. Medical humanities is a form of medical practice that looks

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  • A final reflection and farewell from the News Editor

    A final reflection and farewell from the News Editor

    It is hard to believe that this is my final article for the Etownian and that in a few short weeks I’ll be graduating from Elizabethtown College. It is both exciting and terrifying to leave college and go out into the real world, start my career and begin living on my own. I’m happy that

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  • Global Perspective: Russia continues to commit war crime in Ukraine

    Global Perspective: Russia continues to commit war crime in Ukraine

    Since Russia’s withdrawal of troops from Kyiv, Ukraine this month, the bodies of over 900 civilians have been discovered around the region. Most were uncovered in Bucha, a city in Kyiv Oblast. About 95 percent of the citizens were found with bullet wounds inflicted at point-blank range, implying that they were executed. The bodies were

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  • Today’s Technology: Elon Musk buys stake in Twitter

    Today’s Technology: Elon Musk buys stake in Twitter

    Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced that he bought 9.2 percent of Twitter through the U.S. Stock Market, which makes him the largest shareholder in the company. A day later, Twitter announced that Musk would be joining their board, which would have given him great influence over the company’s decisions and policies. However, Musk later

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  • Professor to Provost: A Profile on Kristi Keas

    Professor to Provost: A Profile on Kristi Keas

    When Kristi Kneas entered Elizabethtown College as an associate professor of chemistry, she had no idea that she would one day hold her current position of Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Kneas did know that while she enjoyed chemistry, what she really loved was teaching others and working on their skills. This

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  • The benefits of Etown’s Pre-Law Program

    The benefits of Etown’s Pre-Law Program

    There has been a recent increase of interest in law and legal studies at Elizabethtown College, as well as on a national scale. Etown comes with many ways to help students who are interested in pursuing a career in law and how to get started. Something different that Etown does involving law is their pre-law

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  • Student Senate: New policy about scheduling exams before finals announced

    Student Senate: New policy about scheduling exams before finals announced

    Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, March 31 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with student comments and announcements in which Class of 2025 Representative Amelia Whittmeir reminded everyone of the Hide-n-Seek club event on April 2 starting at 5 p.m. in Gibble Auditorium. Class of 2025 Representative Alexis Sheetz

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  • Global Perspective: World leaders call for investigations into Russian war crimes in Ukraine

    Global Perspective: World leaders call for investigations into Russian war crimes in Ukraine

    On Saturday, April 2, Russian forces retreated from territories captured early on in the war with Ukraine and left behind horrifying scenes of dead civilians and mass graves. Ukrainian troops made the discovery as they moved to reclaim the territory. One of these territories was Bucha, a suburban neighborhood northwest from Kyiv. Bucha’s mayor Anatoly

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